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WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2023/03/23 13:22
Bug presence: origin:lts-only
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Reported-by: syzbot+b000b7d21f93fc69de32@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 1143d, last: 8h56m
Fix commit to backport (bisect log) :
tree: upstream
commit 8e6ed96cdd5001c55fccc80a17f651741c1ca7d2
Author: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
Date: Fri Jan 6 04:06:25 2023 +0000

  KVM: x86: fire timer when it is migrated and expired, and in oneshot mode

[report pending]
  
Fix bisection: the issue occurs on the latest tested release (bisect log)
Crash: WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (log)
Repro: C syz .config
  
▶ ▼ Discussions (1)
Title Replies (including bot) Last reply
Re: [v5.15] WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run 3 (3) 2023/08/28 15:23
▶ ▼ Bug presence (2)
Date Name Commit Repro Result
2023/05/18 linux-6.1.y (ToT) fa74641fb6b9 C [report] WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/05/18 upstream (ToT) 4d6d4c7f541d C Didn't crash
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (11)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (5) kvm-x86 -1 C error 343 974d 1061d 23/29 fixed on 2023/10/12 12:47
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (4) kvm-x86 -1 C error 288 1066d 1150d 22/29 fixed on 2023/06/08 14:41
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (2) kvm-x86 -1 C 61018 3022d 3111d 4/29 fixed on 2018/03/13 09:44
linux-6.6 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run origin:upstream -1 C done 2 238d 238d 2/2 fixed on 2025/10/19 16:15
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (6) kvm-x86 -1 C 117 215d 296d 29/29 fixed on 2025/10/29 21:02
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run -1 C 20284 3147d 3212d 3/29 fixed on 2017/09/26 01:38
linux-4.14 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run -1 C inconclusive 71 1333d 2509d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/06/25 23:07
upstream WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (3) kvm-x86 -1 C done error 16157 1170d 2964d 22/29 fixed on 2023/02/24 13:50
linux-4.19 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run -1 C error 116 1242d 2518d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2019/06/17 10:07
linux-5.15 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run origin:lts-only -1 C inconclusive 1827 3h56m 1126d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2023/04/09 03:02
android-6-12 WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run origin:upstream -1 C 51 195d 296d 0/1 premoderation: reported C repro on 2025/07/17 01:43
▶ ▼ Fix bisection attempts (2)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2024/01/23 15:07 3h52m (2) fix candidate upstream OK (1) job log
2023/04/29 07:09 43m bisect fix linux-6.1.y OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
L1TF CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.html for details.
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4424 at arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11263 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x1ebc/0x23b0 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11263
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 4424 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/18/2026
RIP: 0010:kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x1ebc/0x23b0 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11263
Code: e8 49 70 c3 00 e9 30 ef ff ff 44 89 f9 80 e1 07 38 c1 0f 8c bd e5 ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 0e 70 c3 00 e9 b0 e5 ff ff e8 14 65 72 00 <0f> 0b e9 da fc ff ff 44 89 f9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c 90 eb
RSP: 0018:ffffc900033b7c48 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff81100f7c RBX: ffff888079488000 RCX: ffff88807a413b80
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888079488000
RBP: ffff888072d3e000 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 1ffffffff215ee6a
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff215ee6b R12: ffff8880794882f4
R13: ffff8880794880d8 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  000055555614b500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b2d424008 CR3: 000000007fbda000 CR4: 00000000003526e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x8f7/0xc10 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4122
 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
 __se_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:856
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:76
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x68/0xd2
RIP: 0033:0x7f279c79c819
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffe262e9878 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f279ca15fa0 RCX: 00007f279c79c819
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000ae80 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007f279c832c91 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f279ca15fac R14: 00007f279ca15fa0 R15: 00007f279ca15fa0
 </TASK>

Crashes (1435):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/04/06 05:02 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/12/26 19:21 linux-6.1.y 50cbba13faa2 d6526ea3 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/09/15 20:12 linux-6.1.y 3db754f56897 e2beed91 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/08/23 01:06 linux-6.1.y 0bc96de781b4 bf27483f .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/07/15 16:44 linux-6.1.y f2198ea7eb3e 03fcfc4b .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2025/04/03 00:03 linux-6.1.y 8e60a714ba3b c799dfdd .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2024/12/23 03:08 linux-6.1.y 29f02ec58a94 b4fbdbd4 .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2024/05/02 13:33 linux-6.1.y dcbc050cb0d3 3ba885bc .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2024/01/21 20:27 linux-6.1.y 8fd7f4462453 9bd8dcda .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/03/23 16:10 linux-6.1.y e3a87a10f259 f94b4a29 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/08/18 01:00 linux-6.1.y 6c44e13dc284 74b106b6 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/07/30 14:08 linux-6.1.y d2a6dc4eaf6d 92476829 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/06/04 12:06 linux-6.1.y d2869ace6eeb a4ae4f42 .config console log report syz C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/09 11:53 linux-6.1.y ad16b162f21d 29233ece .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/08 07:45 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 5633175a .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/07 07:27 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d f250db59 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/05 08:36 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a898ba9c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/03 17:28 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/03 03:43 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d a0d91488 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/02 01:00 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/01 09:07 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/05/01 09:06 linux-6.1.y 4931e0e1673d 753c55b9 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/29 14:16 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 7ca9e4d8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/28 06:12 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/28 04:34 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 ce741359 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/27 17:44 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 0f700595 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/26 07:05 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9c2d0995 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/24 09:00 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 9cfb3ca7 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/23 19:11 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 4c3406dc .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/23 06:06 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 b10da5ec .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/21 15:12 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/21 12:38 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 3f2e655b .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/21 01:53 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 e65da4ee .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/20 10:33 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/19 19:45 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/19 16:08 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/18 20:51 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/18 18:09 linux-6.1.y 7c87defbd336 303e2802 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/17 22:45 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 24ecfc1e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/17 10:38 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/17 07:28 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/17 06:26 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/17 06:26 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 de0a551d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/16 21:38 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/16 19:40 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 4743f87d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/16 07:14 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 df15c5f3 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/15 20:18 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 c441f497 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/15 08:07 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 e2e976a8 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/12 19:32 linux-6.1.y 8e8fc038cad5 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/11 00:53 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/10 02:03 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 38c8e246 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/06 04:20 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/05 00:29 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/04 05:27 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/04 05:24 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/03 20:52 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/03 10:07 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 4440e7c2 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/02 21:04 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 91bc79b0 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/02 09:39 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 0cb124d5 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/04/01 07:45 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 fb8b2c26 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/03/31 20:26 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 aeea1c72 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2026/03/31 02:22 linux-6.1.y 1989cd3d56e2 d0af506e .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
2023/03/23 13:22 linux-6.1.y e3a87a10f259 f94b4a29 .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-6-1-kasan WARNING in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.